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The Development of the Labour Movement in the Sydney District of New South Wales
Leila Thomas
Canberra: The Australian Society for the Study of Labor History, 1962.Being a discussion of the relation between the Labour Movement and current politics from 1788-1848 presented by the author as an M.A. thesis at the University of Sydney in 1919. The original thesis was missing for many years; this copy reproduced by The Australian Society for the Study of Labor History, Canberra, with the permission of the author, is a replica of a draft copy held in the Archives Section at the Australian National University.
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Queen of the North: A Jubilee Ode
[George] Essex Evans; Alek Sass [Alexander Phillip Sass]
Brisbane: H. J. Diddams & Co., 1909.Queensland poetry by George Essex Evans illustrated by Alexander Phillip Sass in a mythological medieval style with numerous nude female figures. Queen of the North: A Jubilee Ode has previously been misattributed as a posthumous publication, Evans having died in November of 1909, however this has been proven incorrect, and is actually the final published work.
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Queen of the North: A Jubilee Ode
[George] Essex Evans; Alek Sass [Alexander Phillip Sass]
Brisbane: H. J. Diddams & Co., 1909.Queensland poetry by George Essex Evans illustrated by Alexander Phillip Sass in a mythological medieval style with numerous nude female figures. Queen of the North: A Jubilee Ode has previously been misattributed as a posthumous publication, Evans having died in November of 1909, however this has been proven incorrect, and is actually the final published work. This copy in the superior leather binding with a photographic portrait of Evans which is not present in the standard edition.
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Men of Queensland: Representative of the Public, Professional, Ecclesiastical and Business Life of Queensland as Existant in the Year 1928 A.D.
Will. H. Millar
Brisbane: The Read Press, 1929.Printed and Published by The Read Press, Engravings by S. A. Best, Photographs by Poulsen Studios, Caricatures by Will. H. Millar. Chiefly caricatures by Will. H. Millar with accompanying biographical text of 211 notable men of early 20th century Queensland. This copy with the preliminary plate of John Oxley looking down over Brisbane printed in colour and with the armorial bookplate of Brian Leask to the front pastedown.
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The History of Queensland: Its People and Industries (3 Volumes)
Matt. J. Fox; Phillip Champion de Crespigny; Ernest Sando Emerson; Andrew Grant; G. G. Swann
Brisbane: States Publishing Company, 1919-23.A full set of the monumental Fox’s History of Queensland: An Historical and Commercial Review, Descriptive and Biographical Facts, Figures and Illustrations: An Epitome of Progress. Published in 3 volumes in 1919, 1921, and 1923, it is the largest historical work on Queensland and its colonial settler families ever produced. Despite known colloquially as Fox’s History of Queensland, and with the second and third volumes crediting him as the compiler, the first volume was edited by Phillip Champion de Crespigny and Ernest Sando Emerson, the second by Andrew Grant, and the third by G. G. Swann, together with countless unnamed writers and with contributions from various photographers. Rare as a complete set and with the original leather almost always worn and cracked, this set rebacked preserving the original boards and spinebacks.
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The Aldine Centennial History of New South Wales (2 Volumes)
W. Frederic Morrison
Sydney: The Aldine Publishing Company, 1888.Illustrated, embracing sketches and portraits of her noted people; the rise and progress of her varied enterprises; and illustrations of her boundless wealth, together with maps of latest survey. FERGUSON 12863
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Florian’s Husband
[Barbara Gunn]
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1863.Triple decker Victorian sensation novel.
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The Poison of Asps
R. Orton Prowse
London: Methuen, 1893.The first novel of Richard Orton Prowse (1862-1949). A Victorian novel of life in a small country town.
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The Factory and Shop Acts of the British Dominions. A Handbook
Violet R. Markham; H. J. Tennant
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [1908].Compiled by Miss Violet R. Markham. Together with a General View of the English Law; and a Preface by Mrs. H. J. Tennant. Issued by the Industrial Sub-Committee of the Victoria League. Covers Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the Cape of Good Hope.
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Young Lust No. 1 Poster
Bill Griffith
San Francisco: Honeywell & Todd, 1972.Poster art of the cover of Young Lust #1 by Bill Griffith. Ppublished in 8 issues between 1970 and 1993, Young Lust was an underground comix anthology with a sexual focus with contributions by Griffith, Jay Kinney, Art Speigelman, R. Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, and others. Despite its often explicit content, Young Lust was no mere pornographic romp, with its title and covers parodying True Love Romance Readers of the 1950s, editors Bill Griffith and Jay Kinney had a satirical focus.
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The Adventures of Sweeter Gwen Vol. 1 Vol. 2
J. W. Stanton [Eric Staton]; [John Willie]
Van Nuys: London Enterprises, 1982.The first collected trade printings of Eric Stanton’s homage to John Willie’s Sweet Gwendoline.
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Wildside’s Catalogue #3, 1994
Wildside
Toronto: Take A Walk On The Wildside, 1993.Canadian 1990s catalogue of fashion for the male crossdresser. Includes makeup, wigs, bras, crinolines, skirts, pettipants, maid costumes, and more. Goes a little beyond the standard catalogue with a letter to the editor, and with most items modelled in real life, the copy reads more like a queer drag zine.
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Queen of the Square Dance
Anonymous
: No publisher, No date.Reprint of an anonymous femdom forced feminisation crossdressing fiction. “If you are wet and dirty and Hitch-Hiking on a lonely road who is going to stop and pickup you up? Terry found out; and it was a one way trip to FEMININITY!” Cover illustration by Erica, dated 1977.
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Biff
Charles S. Gould
Sydney: Jons Productions, [1945].Australian juvenile fiction. Adventure story about a boy from the Queensland bush. MUIR 2904.
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The Lithgow Pottery
Ian Evans
Sydney: The Flannel Flower Press, 1980.Limited to 2,000 signed and numbered copies, of which this is number 66. This copy with the letter to subscribers laid in.
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Finding Your Family Photographs: Major Photographic Collections of Aboriginal People in Western Australia
The Centre for Indigenous History and the Arts
Perth: The Centre for Indigenous History and the Arts, The University of Western Australia, 1999. -
Tjiipu Warlangunguru-ya Wankarringu: They were Saved Through the Lamb
Ngaanyatjarra Bible Project; Jack Finch
Alice Springs: Ngaanyatjarra Bible Project, 2000.Christian bible story told in Ngaanyatjarra language. Illustrations by Jack Finch.
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Rock Art of the Cobar Pediplain in Central Western New South Wales
F. D. McCarthy
Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1976. -
Aboriginal Bark Canoes of the Murray Valley
Robert Edwards
Adelaide: Rigby, 1975. -
Harry Wharton & Co in India
Frank Richards
London: Howard Baker Press, 1975.Greyfriars Book Club No. 4. Signed and numbered edition of 400 copies. Reproducing Magnet Issue Nos. 960-970.